Columbia Pictures has moved James Bond 22 — the yet-to-be-named film that will be produced after November’s Casino Royale — to Nov. 7, 2008, rather than the original date of May 2, 2008, where it was in competition with Jon Favreau’s Iron Man adaptation.

Sony Pictures Entertainment vice chairman Jeff Blake told The Hollywood Reporter that the studio, along with partners MGM and British production company EON Prods., are in talks to bring on a new director after Roger Michell (Notting Hill) bowed out of the project.

The new date also gives the filmmakers the standard two years to complete the next film — the usual time between Bond movies.

“Eighteen months was a very short window,” Blake said. “We’re going to stay the course.”